IJSART - Volume 2 Issue 7 –JULY 2016 ISSN [ONLINE]: 2395-1052 Design and Simulation of Manual Rack and Pinion Steering System
Prashant L Agrawal1, Sahil Shaileshbhai Patel2, Shivanshu Rajeshbhai Parmar3 1 Department of Automobile Engineering 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering 1, 2 L.J institute of engineering and technology
Abstract- Manual rack and pinion steering systems are commonly used due to their simplicity in construction and compactness. The main purpose of this paper is to design and manufacturemanual rack and pinion steering system according to the requirement of the vehicle for better manoeuvrability. Quantities like turning circle radius, steering ratio, steering effort, etc. are inter-dependent on each other and therefore there are different design consideration according to the type of vehicle. The comparison of resultis shown using tables which will help to design an effective steering for the vehicle. A virtual rack and pinion assembly Fig. 1. Ackermann Principle and Inner wheel and Outer wheel can be created using software like SOLIDWORKS and ANSYS. angles
Keywords- Steering ratio, steering wheel torque, inner wheel and The intention of Ackermann geometry is to prevent outer wheel angle, Rack and Pinion steering. the tyres from slipping outwards when the wheels follows around a curve while taking a turn. The solution for this is that I. INTRODUCTION all wheels to have their axles settled as radii of circles with a common centre point. Since the rear wheels are fixed, this In this paper a virtual prototype of rack and pinion centre point must lie on a line extended from the rear axle. So assembly with complete SOLIDWORKS geometry is we need to intersect the front axle to this line at the common proposed to enhance and facilitate steering response by centre point. While steering, the inner wheel angle is greater varying the different parameters employed during its design than outer wheel angle. So for obtaining different results we and manufacturing. It is important to know how the different need to vary the parameters in order to obtain desired steering aspects like steering ratio, pinion diameter, rack length etc. geometry. govern the working of the mechanism. The possibility of decreasing lock to lock steering degree has motivated us to II. CALCULATIONS work upon this system. In the figure below it is shown that the total length of According to Ackermann Steering geometry, the the vehicle from the center of the front wheel to center of the outer wheels moves faster than the inner wheels, therefore, the rear wheel is called Wheel Base (b). Similarly, the total length equation for correct steering is: between center of the front left wheel to center of front right b Cot Φ – Cot θ = /l wheel is called Wheel Track (t). The distance between the two pivot joints of steering system is called Kingpin Centre to In the image shown below, Centre distance (k). The calculation of Ackermann angle is Φ = outer wheel angle shown below: θ = inner wheel angle b = track width
L = wheelbase α = Ackermann angle
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IJSART - Volume 2 Issue 7 –JULY 2016 ISSN [ONLINE]: 2395-1052
TABLE I. PREDEFINED VALUES OF THE VEHICLE Where, Y= arm base R= arm radius assumed to be 5” Sin 20.80 = Y/R Y=1.7” Thus the value of Ackermann arm base is 1.7”
B. TURNING CIRCLE RADIUS:
Turning circle radius is the full diameter of the smallest circle traced by the wheels when taking a full turn,